TY  - BOOK
AU  - LeVine, Steve
TI  - Oil and the glory: the pursuit of empire and fortune on the caspian sea
SN  - 9780375506147
U1  - 338.272820 LEV 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Caspian Sea Region -- Politics and government -- History
KW  - Geopolitics -- Caspian Sea Region -- History
KW  - Petroleum industry and trade--Caspian Sea Region--History
N1  - Suggested by Prof. Diptiranjan Mahapatra; The accidental president; A visitor from Sweden; About the Editor.; Contributing Authors.; Chapter 1. Introduction (Frank J. Fabozzi, et al.).; Section One: The Mechanics Of Short Selling.; Chapter 2. Mechanics of the Equity Lending Market (Jeff Cohen, et al.).; Chapter 3. Shorting Using Futures and Options (Frank J. Fabozzi, et al.).; Section Two: Theory And Evidence On Short Selling.; Chapter 5. Restrictions on Short Selling and Exploitable Opportunities for Investors (Edward M. Miller).; Chapter 6. Implications of Short Selling and Divergence of Opinion for Investment Strategy (Edward M. Miller).; Chapter 7. Short Sale Constraints and Overpricing (Owen A. Lamont).; Chapter 8. How Short Selling Expands the Investment Opportunity Set and Improves Upon Potential Portfolio Efficiency (Steven L. Jones &​ Glen Larsen).; Chapter 9. The Information Content of Short Sales (Steven L. Jones &​ Glen Larsen).; Section Three: Short Selling Strategies.; Chapter 11. The Economic Profit Approach to Short Selling (James A. Abate &​ James L. Grant).; Chapter 11. The Economic Profit Approach to Short Selling (James A. Abate &​ James L. Grant).; Chapter 12. Long-Short Equity Portfolios (Bruce I. Jacobs &​ Kenneth N. Levy).; Section Four: Short Selling And Market Efficiency
N2  - Remote, Forbidding, and Volatile, the Caspian Sea long tantalized the world with its vast oil reserves. But outsiders, blocked by the closed Soviet system, couldn't get to it. Then the Soviet Union collapsed, and a wholesale rush into the region erupted.
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